Lantern-frame.



H. s..l BooDE. LANTERN FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1908.

91 1,369. Patented F9112, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BOODE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO HANDLAN-BUOK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

LANTE RN-FRAME To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. Boonn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and use- Jful Improvements in Lantern Frames, oi which the following is a full, clear7 and exact description, reference being had to the accomanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to the frames oi hand lanterns of the kind commonly used in railway service and it has for its object the production of a frame oi' this description that is simple and erlicient in nature and one in which the parts may be readily assembled without the employment of skilled labor.

Figure I is an elevation of my lantern Jframe with the font receiving hoop partly broken out to afl'ord a view of the hoo i. Fig. II is a cross section taken on lino II--I Fig. I. Fi III is a perspective view oi. a fragment o the font receiving hoop and one of the vertical guard members illustrating the manner of securing the guard members to the hoop.

In the accompanying drawings: l designates the iont receiving hoop of my lantern frame which is provided at intervals with vertical slots 2, see Eig. II.

3 are the vertical guard members of the frame having upper and lower portions that are united by guard rings 6 which are preferu ably threaded through said guard members. The guard members are distanced at their upper ends by an interior separating and resistance ring 7.

At the 'unction of the u per and lower portions oi the vertical guaidhnenibers 3 are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 22, 1908.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Serial No. 444,745.

inwardly extending arms 4 which pass through the vertical slots in the font receivin@ hoop. These arms are split longitudina ly to provide spurs or tongues 5 that are spread laterally in opposite directions at the interior of the font receiving hoop after they have been passed through the hoo and in order that said spurs or tongues will lie atly against the interior surface of the hoop, as seen in the drawings, to hold the vertical guard members of the lantern frame, securely to the hoop without the employment of any other a-ency, such as solder, keys or the like a p ied to the arms of the guard members a Ater they have been seated in the hoop.

I claim 1. In a lantern frame, a font receiving hoo provided with slots, a plurality of vertiea guard. members having split arms eX- tending through the slots in said hoop so as to provide superposed tongues on each uard member extending laterally within and yin against the inner wall of said hoop, an means whereby said guard members are connected to each other, substantially as set forth.

2. In a lantern frame, a font receiving hoop provided with slots, a plurality of vertical guard members having split arms extending through the slots in said hoop so as to provide superposed tongues on each guard member extending lateral y within and lyin against the inner wall of said hoop, anV guard rings connecting said guard members, substantially as set forth.

HENRY S. BOODE.

In the presence of- H. G. Oooic, BLANCHE HOGAN. 

